单词 | malem |
释义 | malemn.ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [noun] > one who transports or conveys conveyor1513 transporter1535 porter1581 malem1609 conveyancer1791 1609 W. Biddulph in T. Lavender Trav. 39 The Malims & Muckremen (as they call the Carriers) were not yet come down with their Cammels to carrie them vp. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 242 They call him Malem, who conducts the Merchants goods. 2. Nautical. A ship's pilot, master, or mate, esp. one of foreign nationality, as referred to by an Arabic-speaking crew. Frequently used as a title, as in malem sahib. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > captain or master skipper1390 master shipmana1393 master mariner?a1400 shipmanc1405 shipmasterc1440 commanderc1450 patron1490 shipper1496 ship-governor1526 reis1585 nakhoda?1606 sea-captain1612 malem1615 manjee1683 captain1705 patroon1719 old man1821 owner1903 1615 T. Roe Jrnl. 21 July in Embassy to Court of Great Mogul (1899) I. 22 The pilott of the Iunke, Malim-Abrimme, spake Portiguse. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 418/2 Malum... In a ship with English officers and native crew, the mate is called málum sahib. The word..is properly applied to the pilot or sailing-master. 1894 Nautical Mag. Mar. 275 Loss owing to master continuing to stand on after sounding showed that he was in shoaling water. Certificate as malim recommended to be cancelled. 1907 M. Roberts Flying Cloud xxix. 275 You t'ink I tell the Malem Sahib, tell the mate? 1921 C. T. Willson (title) The mālem sāhib's Hindustāni. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1609 |
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